How to win lane as Master Yi against Garen · 49.86% win rate over 734 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Garen | Garen's Decisive Strike silence and spin out-trade your weak level 1 autos. |
| Level 2 | Garen | At level 2 his silence-into-Judgment combo still dominates short exchanges. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By level 3 Alpha Strike's untargetability lets you dodge his spin and trade evenly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even as you match his combo with true-damage trades. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 Highlander and Meditate let you win or survive his execute, favouring you. |
| First item | Master Yi | At first item your true-damage DPS shreds his regen and resistances to win. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | With two items your DPS ignores his tank stats and kills him before his execute lands. |
Garen owns levels 1-2: his Decisive Strike silence stops you casting Alpha Strike and chains into a Judgment spin that out-trades your weak early autos, so play for XP and avoid the silence window.
The full Master Yi vs Garen report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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